Improved neck-yoke



A. B. COLE MAN.

Neck- Yoke.

Patented Nov. 28. 1865.

jnpnia UNITED STATES PATENT AMBROSE B. COLEMAN, OF LYNDONVILLE, NEWYORK.

I'M PR'OVED N ECK-YO KE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 5 l ,147, datedNovember 28, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AMBROSE B. COLEMAN, of Lyndonville, in the county ofOrleans, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful DraftNeck-Yoke for Horses, and may be used on Oxen; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing a span of horses with ayoke in which they can work with ease, and dispense with all otherharness, except collars, lines, and headstalls, and one trace attachedto the perpendicular lever of the yoke between the horses to draw theload.

The advantage of my draft neck-yoke over other harness is that it islighter, cheaper, and more durable. It does away with the necessity ofwhiftletrees and four traces, which are a great trouble in agricultureby rubbing the bark off of fruit-trees when plowing or dragging amongthem. They catch on stumps when working on new-cleared land. It isuseful for lumbering in the woods, such as drawing logs and timber, andworking in the snow, &c. It is also useful on the canals, as the ropecan be attached to the perpendicular lever between the horses. Thus theyare clearfrom any other traces which in summer rub their sides raw andfrom whiftletrees which strike them behind. This yoke may be used onoxen also.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use myinvention, I willproceed to describe its construction and operation. I construct my draftneck-yoke according to the accompanying drawings.

Figure l in the drawing represents afront elevated view.

Letters A A and B B are the hames, and can be used on any commoncollars, A A being for the near, and B B for the off horse. They aremade of wood or any inflexible material.

Letters 0 c c c are hame-arms, made of iron, and shaped so that one endis bolted fast to the out edge of the lower ends of the hames on thecollar, and the other part forming an angle and extending out in frontof the hame--say from three to six inches-to suit the user, orsufficiently far to prevent the lower lever from touching the horsesbreasts. These can extend out straight in front, as seen in the drawing,to be bent so that the ends can come closer together.

Letters d d arelower connecting-bars, made of wood or iron, the ends ofwhich pass through holes in the elongated ends of the hame-arms, and arefastened there by bolts or screws, as seen in the same, or by spring,one part of which is fastened to the hame-arms and the other is let intothe ends of the connectingbars.

Letters 6 e are upper connecting-bars, made of wood or iron. These havetwo or three holesin each end. The top of thehames, also, have three ormore holes, one above the other, with an iron on the front side bent soas to admit the ends of the connecting-bars between them and the top ofthe hames. A bolt is then put through the whole to fasten the hamestogether. Thereby the hames can slide on the connecting-bars, and theupper connectin g-bars slide up or down to fit a large or small horse.

Letter f is the lower horizontal lever, made of wood or any inflexiblematerial, each end of which is attached to the center of each lowerconnecting-bar by straps of iron or leather sufficiently to.permit theends of the lower lever to be about under the hames when the horses aredrawing. This lever is of different lengths, to suit the user.

Letter g is the upper horizontal lever, about a foot longer than thelower horizontal lever. This has a strap of iron or leather fastenedabout six inches from each end, to attach each end to the center of eachupper connecting-bar. It rests on the top of the horses necks, about sixinches back of the hames, and is kept from rubbing them by thin padsattached to the collar.

Letter his a perpendicular lever which works between the horses, and towhich the chain is attached to draw the load. The upper end is attachedto the center of the upper horizontal lever by a bolt, which has alargeeye in one end, like a band. The bolt end runs through the center of theupperlever, and the eye orband end receives the end of the perpendicularlever, which can slide up and down in the eye, and is fastened to anydesired place by a screw runningthrough the eye into the wood. The lowerend is attached to the center of the lower horizontal lever as follows:It has an iron hook attached tolit, which hooks into an eye in the Thewhole of the draft neck-yoke as herein center of the lower lever.described in this specification and description, Letteriis theslide-band with aring in to fastin the manner substantially as and forthe puren the chain to to draw by. This slides up and poses set forth.down on the perpendicular lever to place the draft high or low on thehorses shoulders, and i i AMBBOSE B. COLEMAN. is fastened to any desiredplace by a screw which runs through the band into the wood. Witnesses:

What I claim as myinvention, and desire to NEWELL E. IVES, I secure byLetters Patent, is- HIRARAM PENNOCK. 4

